Contributors

Janet Wilmoth grew up in a family of firefighters in a suburb of Chicago. Wilmoth, owner of Wilmoth Associates, worked with Fire Chief magazine for 27 years until it closed in 2013. She is currently a Project Director for Firehouse /Cygnus. Wilmoth...

Todd J. LeDuc, MS, CFO, CEM, MIFirE is a division chief and 24-year veteran of Broward County Fire Rescue in Florida, an accredited department of over 700 personnel. Chief LeDuc is a board member for the IAFC Safety Health & Survival Section and a peer...

Captain Erik Wood is a 16-year veteran of the fire service. He started his fire service career in the United States Coast Guard in 1997, and is currently a captain with Shawnee County Fire District #2 in Auburn, Kan. In addition to his home department...

Sean Wilkinson is a former Captain and Training officer with the Snyder Fire Department. He has a background in secondary education, and a history degree from the University at Buffalo. He can be reached at swilkinson@snyderfd.com .

Barry L. "Skip" Wilson has been in the fire service for 35 years, with the last 24 with at the Littleton, CO, Fire Rescue. He's currently a shift safety and training officer and also the training officer for Jefferson-Como Fire Rescue in Colorado. He...

Jim Milby is a lieutenant with the Anne Arundel County, MD, Fire Department. He started in the fire service in the 1980s's and was hired as a career firefighter in 1990. Milby has been a member of the county's special operations team for 20...

Brian Stoothoff is an assistant chief with Ocala, FL, Fire Rescue. He is a 30-year member of the department and was the recipient of a Firehouse Magazine Heroism and Community Service Award . He can be reached at bstoothoff@ocalafl.org .

TODD B. BANE is the fire chief at the Greater Rochester International Airport in New York and has been a career fire fighter there for 27 years. He has also been a member of the Bushnell’s Basin Fire Association for 33 years. Bane is an instructor at...

TOM SHAND , a Firehouse ® contributing editor, is a 36-year veteran of the fire service and works with Michael Wilbur at Emergency Vehicle Response, consulting on a variety of fire apparatus and fire department master-planning issues.

WILLIAM GOLDFEDER, EFO , a Firehouse ® contributing editor, has been a firefighter since 1973 and a chief officer since 1982. He is deputy fire chief of the Loveland-Symmes Fire Department in Ohio, an ISO Class 2 and CAAS-accredited department...

HARRY R. CARTER, Ph.D. , a Firehouse ® contributing editor, is a fire protection consultant based in Adelphia, NJ. He is chairman of the Board of Commissioners in Howell Township Fire District 2 and retired from the Newark Fire Department as a...

Jeff Johnson has over 23 years of fire service experience and is a Battalion Chief with the Kansas City, MO, Fire Department assigned to Battalion 107 covering of the south side of the city. Chief Johnson holds a masters in public administration and a...

MARK R. NUGENT is the emergency services coordinator for Middlesex County, VA. He works with a dedicated organization of volunteer Fire and EMS responders, who provide all-hazards response in the waterfront community of Middlesex, and also is the...

JEFFREY PINDELSKI a 24-year plus student of the fire service, is the deputy chief of operations with the Downers Grove, IL, Fire Department. He is a Firehouse.com contributing editor and is the co-author of the text: R.I.C.O.- Rapid Intervention...

KIMBERLY ALYN, Ph.D. , is a best-selling author and an international fire service speaker and training instructor. She is the owner of Fire Presentations (FirePresentations.com), a company dedicated to keynote presentations and training workshops for...

Captain David P. Fornell is active as a line officer in the Casstown Community Fire Department, Casstown, OH, protecting 88 square miles of rural area in and around Casstown, Ohio. He formerly held the rank of Captain of the Beckerle & Company, Hose...

LT. MICHAEL DALEY , a Firehouse.com Contributing Editor, serves with the Monroe Township Fire District No. 3 and he was recently earned the Master Fire Instructor certification from the ISFSI. He is an instructor at the Middlesex County Fire Academy...

Chief Billy Goldfeder, EFO, a firefighter since 1973, serves as Deputy Fire Chief of the Loveland-Symmes FD in S.W. Ohio. LSFD is an ISO Class 2, full service ALS department providing a full range of traditional and non-traditional emergency & community...

Paul Peluso is a Firehouse.com staff writer and has worked for the Web site since 2006. Previously, he worked as a reporter for several community newspapers located in the suburbs of Baltimore, Md. Since joining the newsteam, Paul has covered various fire...

RYAN PENNINGTON , a Firehouse.com Contributing Editor, is a firefighter/paramedic for the Charleston, WV, Fire Department. He is a member of the West Virginia Task Force 1 USAR team and has over 19 years of combined fire, rescue and EMS experience. Ryan...

Ed Comeau is the owner of writer-tech.com , a technical writing firm that publishes Campus Firewatch , a monthly electronic newsletter that focuses on issues relating to campus fire safety. He is the founder and past-director of the Center for Campus...

Susan Nicol, associate editor for Firehouse.com, has been a Maryland EMT since 1977. She is a life member and active with the Brunswick Volunteer Ambulance & Rescue Company, and the Oxford Volunteer Fire Company. Nicol is assistant secretary of...